How to successfully send an email in a contact form through CodeIgniter?

Question

I have set up my controller and my contact form all set up. But when I click "Submit" on my contact page, I receive no errors but I receive no email. Can anyone help me figure out why I am not actually receiving the email? I appreciate any help. Here is my code for the controller:

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Home extends CI_Controller {
    public function index()
    {
        $this->template->build('home');
    }

    public function email() {
        $name = $this->input->post('name');
        $email = $this->input->post('email');
        $phone_number = $this->input->post('phone_number');
        $message = $this->input->post('message');
        $this->load->library('email');
        $this->email->from($email, 'Your Name');
        $this->email->to('[email protected]');
        $this->email->cc('[email protected]');
        $this->email->bcc('[email protected]');
        $this->email->subject('Email Test');
        $this->email->message(
          'My name is'.$name.', Im testing this email class. My email is '.$email. '. My Phone number is '.$phone_number.
         ' This is my message '.$message. ' Thanks!!'
         );
        $this->email->send();
        echo $this->email->print_debugger();
        $this->template->build('home');
    }
}

And here is my code for my contact page view:

<div class="inner-content" id="contact-content">

  <title>CSS3 Contact Form</title>
  <div id="contact">
    <h1>Send an email</h1>
    <form method="post" action="/home/email">
      <fieldset>
        <label for="name">Name:</label>
        <input name="name" id="name" type="text" placeholder="Enter your full name">
        <label for="email">Email:</label>
        <input name="email" id="email" type="email" placeholder="Enter your email address">
        <label for="message">Message:</label>
        <textarea name="message" id="message" placeholder="Type your message here..."></textarea>
        <input type="submit" value="Send message">
      </fieldset>
    </form>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 1

enable php_openssl.dll in php.ini file and try using gmail. The answer of Pascal Spruit or Omade will work. Don't forget to restart you local server after editing in php.ini file.